Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Calliphora vicina, Calliphoridae

Posted by Tony Irwin on 03-10-2006 20:05
#5

I agree with Theo. ;)
The characters to note are darkened squamae (calypters), orange basicosta (shows up here as a small orange plate on the costa at the base of the wing) and the orange anterior spiracle. In Europe, this combination in a bluebottle can only mean Calliphora vicina, the commonest species.